Article
Molecular and clinical heterogeneity of adult GM2 gangliosidosis.
Developmental neuroscience - 1 Jan 1991
Navon R
Abstract excerpt
Adult GM2 gangliosidosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease with widely varying neurological and psychiatric manifestations. It is caused by marked deficiency, but not total absence, of beta-hexosaminidase (Hex) A, due to a single base change in the alpha-subunit gene of Hex, resulting in a su...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Probes
- Female
- G(M2) Ganglioside
- Gangliosidoses
- Gene Frequency
- Genes
- Genes, Recessive
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
